From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Looks like this was the inspiration for the Jim Carrey movie of the same name.
ReplyDeleteIf the mask gave people visions of human sacrifice.
ReplyDeleteThe Jim Carrey movie was based on a hyperviolent comic by John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke, published by Dark Horse in the 80s and 90s.
ReplyDeleteThis particular movie was a 3-d movie that was pretty trippy. It popped up a few times when tv station were doing 3-d festivals. I've only seen it in 2-d, but the 3-d sections were the visions the main character had when he put the titular mask on.
Very trippy. It's on youtube in its entirety with the 3d effects. I've got some paper 3d glasses that sort of worked.
ReplyDeleteThe mask looks like the evil Guardian from the Ultima series.
ReplyDeleteWow
ReplyDeleteI found it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRPPcApjXhw
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